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USS
IOWA model
USS
Iowa was the lead ship of her class of battleship. Her
keel was laid down on 27 June 1940 at the New York
Navy Yard. She was launched in August 1942 and commissioned in
February 1943.
The Iowa class
battleships trace their origins back to 1939 and
1940. They are 887 feet long overall with a beam of
108 feet 2 inches. Armor belt is 12.1 inches thick.
These big beasts carried nine 16-inch guns which
could lob a 2,700-pound shell over a distance of
23.4 nautical miles.
During World War II, USS Iowa carried President Franklin D.
Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Algeria, en route to a
crucial 1943 meeting in Tehran with Winston Churchill
and Josef Stalin.
When transferred to the Pacific Fleet in
1944, USS Iowa shelled beachheads at Kwajalein and
Eniwetok in advance of allied amphibious landings and
screened aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall
Islands. She served as the Third Fleet flagship,
flying Adm. William F. Halsey's flag at the Japanese
surrender in Tokyo Bay.
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USS Iowa
earned nine battle stars for World War II service and
two for Korean War service. She was the only ship of her
class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World
War II.
As part of President
Ronald Reagan's effort to create an expanded 600-ship
Navy, the USS Iowa was reactivated in 1982.
During the refit, Iowa had all of her remaining Oerlikon
20 mm and Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns removed, due
to their ineffectiveness against modern fighter jets.
Additionally, the two 5 in.
gun mounts located at mid-ship and in the aft on the
port and starboard sides of the battleship were removed.
She was given the most advanced weaponry available.
Among the new weapons systems installed were four MK 141
quad cell launchers for 16 AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship
missiles, eight Armored Box Launcher mounts for 32
BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles, and a quartet of Phalanx
Close-in weapon system Gatling guns for defense against
enemy anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft. The ship was
reactivated in 1984
and operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to
counter the expanded Soviet Navy.
In 1990,
USS Iowa was decommissioned for the last time. In 2011
she was moved to Berth 87 at the Port of Los
Angeles where she was opened to the public to serve as a
museum battleship.
This primarily wood USS
Iowa model portrays the ship after modernization in
1982.
If you want the WWII version like the one in this
link,
we can build one for you for the same price.
30.5" long
x 10.5" x 6" wide (1/350
scale) $3,190 
shipping
and insurance in the
contiguous USA
included. Other places:
$300 flat rate.
This model is in stock and will be shipped
within five business days.
54" long.
Click
here for a similar ship. Unlike
that of other builders, this large model is
plank-on-frame construction and weighs
less than 20 lbs and can be carried around easily by an average
man.
Built per commission only. We require only a small
deposit to start the process.
The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed, in about six months.
We have visited the real
USS Iowa in San Pedro many times since 2018. Here are
some photos for your enjoyment: the real USS Iowa BB-61
Learn more about the USS Iowa battleship here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61).
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